ITunes and the Windows Home Server (on Acer h 340 hardware)

Hi,
I am going to install a Windows Home Server on an Acer H 340 server. I would like to route iTunes library to that server to free disc space on my laptop.
Will I still be able to use the clients (my Dell) iTunes to manage my ipod with the library on the WHS ?
How do I route iTunes to the WHS and is there something I need to take care of or avoid whilst teaming up the two ?
I will keep on using Windows Media Player 11 for streaming my music around the house, though... so it is iTunes really only for the managing of my ipod...
Unfortunately, Acer does not ship the WHS with any add-on software liek HP does with its home server, that eases working with iTunes through a special iTunes server application on top of the WHS OS... Any recommendations for that ?
Thanks a lot,
D

What you need to do is map a network drive on your PC to your WHS Music shared folder (make it M: for Music, if you like). Then move/copy your entire iTunes library to your new M-drive. Then when you start iTunes hold down the shift key and locate your library on your M-drive. You'll have to make sure that you are letting iTunes manage your music so that it will copy your music to the M-drive when you add it to iTunes.
Make sure that you enable duplication for your Music folder if you have more than one hard drive.
I am not an expert by any means but I am running iTunes this way on my WHS.
I think the add-on software that you are referring to is Firefly Media server. It is easily added to any WHS. When installed you can direct it to a folder and it will find all playlists and music files and present them to iTunes clients on your network. It is very slick.
Hope this helps,
-C
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All operating systems on current conditions with all patches and updates.
The Fritz boxes running with the latest firmware
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Both Macs are loosing every 30 minutes the contact to the server. The connection is "re-"established about 1-2 minutes later. On MacMini (HTPC), the film or music is stopped for the above period. Thereafter, the film / music goes on. With the iMac (workstation) a document loaded from the server can no longer be saved or printed.
The MacMini has shown this phenomenon directly in connection with the WHS. However, the iMac has been working about 1.5 years with no problems. This problem only occurs for about 6-9 months
Because of different WHS and OS X versions are affected and also different Fritz boxes are used and it seems to be a general problem in the interplay Windows / OS X to be present.
When the iMac is the exact date of disconnection does not occur.
With the Mac Mini, the time can however be determined relatively easily. From the Event Viewer on Windows Server is unfortunately no clear error image. At the particular time but appeared relatively often, but not always (!) In Windows Security Logs the error 4625 (Failed to log on an account) on. This would indicate a rights issue.
Searching for a solution (so far unsuccessfully, unfortunately), I stumbled over the problem of the Server Infrastructure License Services (silsvc) in Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials (every 30 min!). Maybe a connection?

Hi, and thank you for your reply!
My reason for not posting this in the server forum is that I suspect it is a clien issue. All my other clients connect happily to the server which leads me to believe the server is configured correctly.
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